Kodex

Section

T26.4

Burn of eye and adnexa, part unspecified

Hierarchy

S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- T26-T28 Burns and corrosions confined to eye and internal organs (T26-T28)
  - T26 Burn and corrosion confined to eye and adnexa
    - T26.4 Burn of eye and adnexa, part unspecified
      - T26.40 Burn of unspecified eye and adnexa, part unspecified
      - T26.41 Burn of right eye and adnexa, part unspecified
      - T26.42 Burn of left eye and adnexa, part unspecified

Notes

Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Use Additional

T26.4

external cause code to identify the source, place and intent of the burn (X00-X19, X75-X77, X96-X98, Y92)
- Y92 Place of occurrence of the external cause

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
- Z18 Retained foreign body fragments

Excludes 1

P10-P15 Birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)